PG | 1h 55min | Comedy, Romance | 13 June 1957 | Color, fs
Director: Laurence Olivier
Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, Richard Wattis.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050861/
(I'm not using the properly sized poster because it shows her in a red dress with plunging neckline and skinny shoulder straps. She spends the entire time (2.5 days) in the same white evening gown pictured here.)
Perfectly charming film because of MM's performance. Of course, LO is perfect as the stuffy lothario Regent of Carpathia, which offsets MM's character so well. She transforms many around her.
Really amazing how long the 1911 coronation sequence is, especially since there's no dialog, and we don't see a coronation, only the interior of the church (actually its stained glass windows) and lots of ceremonial music. And yet it's very moving, and MM sheds a couple of tears soaking up the majesty of it.
Notice that LO produced & directed, and MM executive produced, but had no say over his employment, so it must have been quite the battle of wills.
Warner, Marilyn Monroe Prod., dir. Olivier; 7+
